Good Wheel, Shifter and Pedals?

Hi, I am just getting into sim racing and have my system on order. I am now looking for a good wheel, shifter, pedal combo that makes the racing more realistic. Any advice is greatly appreciated. TIA, Dan

For the price ( US 80 couple months ago) I am totally happy with my logitech Momo racing wheel (black w/shifter and paddles). Good FF after getting settings tuned for each driving sim or game. Good profiler software for setting buttons (lots of them) . I recommend it for a starter wheel. There are others and lots more dollars available but for price, good deal. Steve Moore "Dan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kGQsc.56576$[email hidden]...

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> Hi, > > I am just getting into sim racing and have my system on order. I am now > looking for a good wheel, shifter, pedal combo that makes the racing > more realistic. Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > TIA, > Dan

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>For the price ( US 80 couple months ago) I am totally happy with my logitech >Momo racing wheel (black w/shifter and paddles). Good FF after getting >settings tuned for each driving sim or game. Good profiler software for >setting buttons (lots of them) . I recommend it for a starter wheel. There >are others and lots more dollars available but for price, good deal. > >Steve Moore >

I agree its a good wheel but the pedals will probably crap out. I'm on my second set and have just ordered the repair kit from digi-key and read up on the pedal fix so now it's major surgery to correct a known flaw in the pedals of these. Wish I could afford some BRD or ECCI pedals but...and can't get enough feedback on the act-labs pedals to decide. Dan

[email hidden] (Bamadano) wrote in news:[email hidden]: > t. I'm on my > second set and have just ordered the repair kit from digi-key and read > up on the pedal fix so now it's major surgery to correct a known flaw > in the pedals of these got any links? dave h

Smart move on ordering new pots from digikey instead of scrapping the wheel, like some people have done. Or paying tons more from someone else claiming to sell "repair kits" with just the pots with a 200% markup. I should probably open up my wheel and find out what value pot is in it and replace it with the next digkey order.. -- Mike Beauchamp http://www.therevox.com - custom electro-theremins and stuff. http://www.mikebeauchamp.com - mike's personal site. "Bamadano" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > >For the price ( US 80 couple months ago) I am totally happy with my logitech > >Momo racing wheel (black w/shifter and paddles). Good FF after getting > >settings tuned for each driving sim or game. Good profiler software for > >setting buttons (lots of them) . I recommend it for a starter wheel. There > >are others and lots more dollars available but for price, good deal. > > > >Steve Moore > > > I agree its a good wheel but the pedals will probably crap out. I'm on my > second set and have just ordered the repair kit from digi-key and read up on > the pedal fix so now it's major surgery to correct a known flaw in the pedals > of these. Wish I could afford some BRD or ECCI pedals but...and can't get > enough feedback on the act-labs pedals to decide. > Dan

If you have the budget Ball Racing are apparently about to release a full FF unit, rumours of �1,000.00 (one thousand UK pounds) price tag have been bantered around though. http://www.interactiveracing.com/Steering_Wheels/Speed7/ OK so maybe not a first time purchase then. Andi. -- Remove only one zero to reply. "Dan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kGQsc.56576$[email hidden]... > Hi, > > I am just getting into sim racing and have my system on order. I am now > looking for a good wheel, shifter, pedal combo that makes the racing > more realistic. Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > TIA, > Dan

Mike, WHATEVER you do, don't post the link/contact info!!! :) -Larry "Mike Beauchamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Smart move on ordering new pots from digikey instead of scrapping thewheel, > like some people have done. Or paying tons more from someone else claiming > to sell "repair kits" with just the pots with a 200% markup. > > I should probably open up my wheel and find out what value pot is in itand

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> replace it with the next digkey order.. > > -- > Mike Beauchamp > http://www.therevox.com - custom electro-theremins and stuff. > http://www.mikebeauchamp.com - mike's personal site. > > > "Bamadano" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > >For the price ( US 80 couple months ago) I am totally happy with my > logitech > > >Momo racing wheel (black w/shifter and paddles). Good FF after getting > > >settings tuned for each driving sim or game. Good profiler software

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> > >setting buttons (lots of them) . I recommend it for a starter wheel. > There > > >are others and lots more dollars available but for price, good deal. > > > > > >Steve Moore > > > > > I agree its a good wheel but the pedals will probably crap out. I'm on

my > > second set and have just ordered the repair kit from digi-key and readup > on > > the pedal fix so now it's major surgery to correct a known flaw in the > pedals > > of these. Wish I could afford some BRD or ECCI pedals but...and can'tget > > enough feedback on the act-labs pedals to decide. > > Dan > >

I am looking for a pedal set that has a clutch (sim games support a clutch right?) and a shifter that is gated. I am going to be using Toca Race Driver 2 and Nascar 2003 and eventually GTR. Will there be compatibility issues? Still looking for advice and suggestions... Thanks, Dan On 5/25/2004 11:15 PM, netnews.comcast.net wrote:

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> For the price ( US 80 couple months ago) I am totally happy with my logitech > Momo racing wheel (black w/shifter and paddles). Good FF after getting > settings tuned for each driving sim or game. Good profiler software for > setting buttons (lots of them) . I recommend it for a starter wheel. There > are others and lots more dollars available but for price, good deal. > > Steve Moore > > "Dan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:kGQsc.56576$[email hidden]... > >>Hi, >> >>I am just getting into sim racing and have my system on order. I am now >>looking for a good wheel, shifter, pedal combo that makes the racing >>more realistic. Any advice is greatly appreciated. >> >>TIA, >>Dan > > >

> got any links? > >dave h Here ya go Dave. http://www.digikey.com/ Search for part number 963260-KIT-ND Dan

>Here ya go Dave. http://www.digikey.com/ >Search for part number 963260-KIT-ND >Dan Well shortly after I got home a good samartian pointed me here.....<Give the following a try before you chuck them thar pedals... http://www.wingmanteam.com/files/Pa...date-050304.zip> I'm gonna try this and see....oh and the read me that was included: Dan ======================================================================= Logitech MOMO Racing Pedal Fix driver update Beta 1 (05/03/2004) ========================================================================== Contents: --------- This package contains an updated driver for the Logitech MOMO Racing steering wheel, along with a simple installer to update your system configuration. Improvements: ------------- . Pedal "going out of calibration" solved . Built-in "MOMO Racing Centering fix" . Filter spikes (new for this release) Requirements: ------------- . Recent Logitech Gaming Software (4.x) successfully installed . Logitech MOMO Racing wheel Warning: -------- . This is beta software. It might do what you want, it might not. Don't bother customer support with problems, rather, let us know. How to contact us is described at the end of the file. . If upgrading on a Windows 2000 or XP system, the existing driver "digital signature" will be voided. This means that you will get a dialog box warning you that the driver is not signed when you unplug your device and plug it back into a different port. There is no performance impact, just ignore the warning. If you still feel up to it, here we go... Known problems: --------------- . Under certain circumstances, your wheel may end up leaning to one side rather than be centered. If that happens, just move the wheel all the way left/right and it'll fix itself. Install: -------- 1. Run MOMORacingPedalUpdate.exe. 2. Click "Upgrade" to update, "Revert" to restore the original version. A few hints: . If "Upgrade" is greyed out, you have already upgraded, or something with the folder's contents is not in order. . If "Revert" is greyed out, you haven't upgraded yet. . If anything doesn't work as expected, reboot your system ;) Thanks: ------- ... go to all the people who pointed out the problems and gave a lot of good feedback. Folder Details: --------------- The contents of the zip file are as follows: . readme.txt: this file . MomoRacingPedalUpdate.exe: installer for the update . Win2K\: Windows 2000/XP specific driver file . Win9X\: Windows 98/Me specific driver file Feedback: Please provide any feedback for this patch to [email hidden] or leave a message on our bulletin board at http://www.wingmanteam.com/discus

Sure, if you insist.. -- Mike Beauchamp http://www.therevox.com - custom electro-theremins and stuff. http://www.mikebeauchamp.com - mike's personal site. "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hA5tc.77021$pJ1.49718@lakeread02... > Mike, > > WHATEVER you do, don't post the link/contact info!!! > > :) > > -Larry > > "Mike Beauchamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Smart move on ordering new pots from digikey instead of scrapping the > wheel, > > like some people have done. Or paying tons more from someone else claiming > > to sell "repair kits" with just the pots with a 200% markup. > > > > I should probably open up my wheel and find out what value pot is in it > and > > replace it with the next digkey order.. > > > > -- > > Mike Beauchamp > > http://www.therevox.com - custom electro-theremins and stuff. > > http://www.mikebeauchamp.com - mike's personal site. > > > > > > "Bamadano" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > >For the price ( US 80 couple months ago) I am totally happy with my > > logitech > > > >Momo racing wheel (black w/shifter and paddles). Good FF after getting > > > >settings tuned for each driving sim or game. Good profiler software > for > > > >setting buttons (lots of them) . I recommend it for a starter wheel. > > There > > > >are others and lots more dollars available but for price, good deal. > > > > > > > >Steve Moore > > > > > > > I agree its a good wheel but the pedals will probably crap out. I'm on > my > > > second set and have just ordered the repair kit from digi-key and read > up > > on > > > the pedal fix so now it's major surgery to correct a known flaw in the > > pedals > > > of these. Wish I could afford some BRD or ECCI pedals but...and can't > get > > > enough feedback on the act-labs pedals to decide. > > > Dan > > > > > >

[email hidden] (Bamadano) wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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>>Here ya go Dave. http://www.digikey.com/ >>Search for part number 963260-KIT-ND >>Dan > > Well shortly after I got home a good samartian pointed me > here.....<Give the following a try before you chuck them thar > pedals... http://www.wingmanteam.com/files/Pa...date-050304.zip> > I'm gonna try this and see....oh and the read me that was included: > Dan > ======================================================================= > Logitech MOMO Racing Pedal Fix driver update Beta 1 (05/03/2004) > ======================================================================= > === >

The link to the file did not work, I had to poke around the site for awhile before I found it...but it 'SEEMS' to fix the problem. My pedal was properly calibrated in both windows and the F1c mods without showing any low throttle response. AND...I went right back to an NR2k3 track where I had been practicing and shaved a second off my pb on my first hot lap. Even with the calibration in-game with nr2k3, there seems to be a little more throttle response...plus I can now use all the pedal range which hopefully will smooth out the throttle inputs. I said the update 'SEEMS' to fix the problem because in the past, some workarounds from Logitech were not permanent. I raced the last 1/4 of my TPTCC season with only 80% range being reported. I hope this fix will continue working. thanks muchos dave henrie

Dave Henrie wrote: || The link to the file did not work, I had to poke around the site || for awhile before I found it...but it 'SEEMS' to fix the problem. The full link is: http://www.wingmanteam.com/files/Patches/beta/MOMORacingPedalsUpdate-050304.zip (hope this doesn't wrap) -- to send e-mail, remove the socks from the address [email hidden]

Hi Dan Here is a possiblity for a custom pedal unit. http://www.wave.co.nz/~lakewood/Redline2.htm Nigel Nichols Redline Race Controls Dan <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kGQsc.56576$[email hidden]...

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> Hi, > > I am just getting into sim racing and have my system on order. I am now > looking for a good wheel, shifter, pedal combo that makes the racing > more realistic. Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > TIA, > Dan

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> Dave Henrie wrote: >|| The link to the file did not work, I had to poke around the site >|| for awhile before I found it...but it 'SEEMS' to fix the problem. > > The full link is: > http://www.wingmanteam.com/files/Patches/beta/MOMORacingPedalsUpdate-05 > 0304.zip (hope this doesn't wrap)

After about a week, the throttle pedal is still holding 100% travel so this may work after all. It's strange that software can be used to fix a hardware problem. This doesn't feel like they have shortened up the possible reporting spectrum, however I would ask somebody with actuall talent to try the fix and report back. Seems smooth and progressive to me. Made a 4 second leap at one of the Trans Am Master tracks that had the AI just running away from me. Which means in the Nr2k3 T/A Master rank, I'm now officially the fastest of the SLOWEST guys. :) Where else but here can I make the bottom 10% sound like nearly the best lol! dave henrie